ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,675, issued on July 14, was assigned to Loibl Forderanlagen GmbH (Straubing, Germany).

"Discharge system for discharging conveyed goods" was invented by Karl Zeitler (Ergoldsbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a discharge system for discharging conveyed goods, in particular electrical and electronic scrap, from a bunker container, including a receiving hopper for receiving conveyed goods from the bunker container with an upper feed opening and a lower discharge opening located opposite the same, at least one, preferably horizontal, conveying device arranged underneath the discharge opening, for conve...